Sunday's a great day for some INTENSE hiking on Wiliwilinui

Just look at me. Thats a happy face.

THATS WHAT I LIKE TO SEE!!! See the bright light of truth right behind me. Its Luminous.

This hike lead to top of a mountain high as the himalayas. It was so rainy and foggy and windy that we all thought we were f****** at times. Nonetheless, we forged on to the summit. The ridges were we walking on were only a few feet wide at times and we were in slippery mud. Deceptively, the white out fog made us totally oblivious to the bone crunching fall we could have taken. GOOD, otherwise we probably wouldn't have gone. I was trying to take a picture of a huge valley with my digi cam, but I was just getting white out

Now think about it, you are on a mountain looking over a ledge onto a huge valley, supposedly. BUT there's no direct proof. Its blocked!!! There's supposed to be this grand view. What view? I don't see it. Is it really grand? Is it all what people said? Can I trust them? I was asking myself these questions. I was definitely not getting the feeling of inspiration that I wanted. I was doubtful of the whole thing. We could have been just a few feet off the ground for all I knew. Well, now I have something to say about my bad attitude :-).


Sometimes I HAVE TO JUST BELIEVE. Give trust when its just so hard. I am so afraid to put ourselves on the line. I have been duped so many times; I am jaded. Now, I say PISH-POSH! I'll use my gut. I'll not let slight setbacks ruin my times. I'll look at the big picture.


There is a view! It is inspiring! I'll go back to see it before I leave hawaii. I'll touch more on this subject at other times as I learn more about it. I didn't get a chance to think during the hike cause I had so many people with me to talk to.

Everyone in the group just had something very cool about them. They were all so open and so relaxed. They are all going to live long and happy lives. I feel privileged to have met them. And so we finished the trail with great passion and drive and lived to tell the story to our grandchildren, but we got really muddy.

Ok, I am going to go watch Serendipity.

Saturday Night FUN FUN FUN

Yes, Yes, once in a while diamondK gets a chance to go out also. This time it was through the Oahu new residents yahoo group. The organizer, Shilpa, is the most wonderful and amazing person I have EVER met. We met at Mike's Garage (an art gallery with some nice paintings) for an improv show at their theatre where they probably auction nice paintings at other times. This show was the most hilarious piece of comedy I have been to in years!! Laughter is the best cure for anything. Anything. Having the ability to make someone laugh, its is equivalent of being a saint. That 90 minutes of laughing made so much of my lingering stress melt away just like butter. Every moment I spent blinding the people on the stage with my pearly whites, was a moment when the world didn't exist anymore. There was no tax deadline on the 15th, there was no terrorist marathon bomber who blew up the Sri Lankan dude (why make marathoners look so bad dammit, we are peaceful people, we get excited by running for goodness sake), there was no spoon. I'll like to take all of my friends to a comedy show when I return.

Well, Shilpa, at first sight was a very beautiful woman. Wearing red dress, kinda like those romance novels which we all have read secretly. "Lady in red, blah blah blah .... dancing blah blah." I don't remember the song. But anyway, beauty doesn't do it for me anymore. I have talked (etc etc) to SO many beautiful girls who think they are SO amazing, its just not my thing anymore. Don't get me wrong, I'll still look and talk anyway, but with no heart. If they are gone, I'll forget before the next time I blink. What I look for is way deeper. I look at their soul and and I look into the depths of their character. Things they probably don't even know about themselves. But I have been kicked around by some smart girls, too smart ain't good, hehe. This girl has one great thing about her (probably among many things). She has sensitivity to her surroundings. She'll is one of those good people who'll help a stranger when someone needs help just to do good and expect nothing in return. She can understand where others are coming from. All that good stuff. Funny part is people like her are often misunderstood. And usually, people like her live stressful lives because majority of the people (who aren't like that) and who are close to her, don't understand why (oh why) she's the way she is. Well, for her (or you) its key to be with a person who's similar to her (or you) in that one regard. It'll make for a grand life. One that'll live on forever in the hearts of the people who lived it.

We thought about calling it a night, but we ended up taking the tour of downtown honolulu nightlife. I loved it. Threw down a couple of goose martinis, shaken not stirred. Saw so many places to hang out. Shilpa knew exactly who has happy hours and at what times. She's good with numbers. Afterwards, we went to her favorite joint in waikiki and listened to live music and had very deep conversation. I almost cried a few times!! Sissy. We had to top off the night with a walk on the waikiki beach. It was tremendous at night. Just the sound of the surf and the dark ocean till the horizon.

My best night in Hawaii.